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Infrastructure

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan
Politics & Policy

Biden to visit Philly today to celebrate Amtrak, promote sweeping infrastructure plan

Biden is pushing a plan to significantly expand the safety net, provide more resources for education, and invest heavily in infrastructure and green energy.

5 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Burlington County Commissioners call on N.J. to pause utility rate hikes

Three South Jersey utilities want to raise rates to pay for infrastructure upgrades. Local officials are urging the state regulators to block the move during the pandemic.

5 years ago

A four mile stretch of I-95, seen here looking south through the city of Wilmington. (Courtesy of DelDOT)
Urban Planning

Wilmington council backs plan to cap I-95 and create a park

Council members unanimously backed a resolution supporting a proposal to put a lid atop I-95 through part of the city to reconnect neighborhoods with a park.

5 years ago

Greg Fat (center), a leader of Marple Safety Coalition, joins protesters at the intersection of Sproul and Cedar Grove roads in Marple Township, Pa, where PECO wants to build a natural gas expansion plant. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Marple residents keep up the fight against proposed PECO gas reliability station

The zoning board rejected the utility’s plan, but PECO is appealing in court and with the PUC. Opponents recently took to the streets in protest.

5 years ago

Sunoco construction site behind the Meadowbrook Manor development in West Whiteland Township. Muddy water continues to flow and pollute the West Valley Creek, a stocked trout stream. (Susan Phillips / WHYY)
Science

Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream

Muddy water from pipeline construction flows at a rapid rate into West Valley Creek in Exton. DEP says no permit violations have occurred.

5 years ago

Near the junction of the 400 to Buckhead, the 401 highway divides and splits during afternoon rush-hour traffic.
NPR
Politics & Policy

A brief history of how racism shaped interstate highways

Biden's infrastructure plan aims to promote racial equity. A professor says highway planners in the mid-20th century sometimes purposefully destroyed Black communities.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers a speech from a podium
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Biden’s climate-focused infrastructure plan geared to curb U.S. carbon emissions

The plan, which Biden unveiled Wednesday in Pittsburgh, includes money for projects to reduce greenhouse gases in transportation, electricity and housing. 

5 years ago

Traffic is seen near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, N.J.(Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill

President Biden just unveiled his plan to fix America's crumbling infrastructure.

Air Date: April 1, 2021 12:00 am

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President Joe Biden delivers a speech
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New trolleys, safer streets, e-buses: Philly could benefit from Biden’s infrastructure plan

Here is what Biden’s new plan could mean for Philadelphia’s future, according to four local transportation experts.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Trenton, New Jersey.
Politics & Policy

‘No SALT, No Deal’: N.J. reps want Trump-era tax cap removed

Two N.J. U.S. Reps. say they won’t agree to tax changes to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan unless the cap on SALT deductions ends.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to ‘win the future’

The president travels to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to unveil what would be a hard-hatted transformation of the U.S. economy as grand in scale as the New Deal.

5 years ago

Kensington residents gather at SEPTA’s Somerset Station to protest its closure
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA to reopen Somerset Station after repairs with a new police booth, more security

The temporarily closed Somerset Station on the Market Frankford Line could reopen by May — and when riders return, they can expect to see a police presence.

5 years ago

I-95 in Wilmington.
Urban Planning

Wilmington lawmakers appeal to feds for I-95 cap to reunite the city

Could having a Delawarean in the White House help create a long-hoped for rooftop park over I-95 through Wilmington? Some city lawmakers hope so.

5 years ago

A notice informs the public of the closure of the Somerset Street El stop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Kensington residents share concerns about Somerset Station closure with SEPTA

In a virtual meeting, Kensington residents, city officials, and SEPTA leaders spoke about the challenges faced at the station, which will close Sunday.

5 years ago

A person walks past the Interstate-95′s mile-long double-decked Girard Point Bridge in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Money

Gov. Wolf seeks overhaul of Pennsylvania’s highway funding

Wolf proposed phasing out Pennsylvania's gasoline tax and appointed a commission to recommend alternative ways to pay for the state's needs.

5 years ago

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